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Club News - Winter 2022 Optimist International Magazine
Optimist Club of Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC staff volunteering at the Optimist of Bismarck gift wrapping fundraiser.
Yamaska Valley Optimist Club, QC
Angel Project: For over 17 years, the Yamaska Valley Optimist Club has provided over 300 gifts for many youths in local group homes.
Optimist Club of Downtown Detroit
Optimist Club of Downtown Detroit Celebrates their 100th year on March 1, 2022.
Optimist Club of Canton, Ga
Hasty’s ASL Club is ready for the Canton Optimist Club Holiday parade
Optimist Club of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Police and other local police officers shared cheer (and a bit of spending money for a shopping excursion to the Hillsborough Wal- Mart) with students from Chapel Hill's Estes Hills Elementary, as provided for by the Chapel Hill Optimist Club's annual "Shop with a Cop" program.
Optimist Club Lake St. Louis
Optimist Club Lake St. Louis donation of supplies worth over $1,000 to North Point High School
Christian County Optimist Club INC., Missouri
The Christian County Optimist Club hosts coat drives and awards local student Mathew for helping collect the most coats.
Riverside Optimist Club - Ms Community Windsor-Essex County Optimist Club, Ontario - Reaching for the Stars Optimist Club JOI Club of Forest Glade, Ontario.
Riverside Optimist Club and the Forest Glade JOI Club helped the Reach for the Stars Optimist Club and Windsor-Essex sort over 100 boxes of school supplies in order to provide backpacks and lunch bags to kids in their communities.
Optimist Club of Bardstown
Bardstown Optimist Club toy drive.
Moline Breakfast Optimist Club
The Moline Breakfast Optimist Club presented new shoes and winter coats to students at Jefferson Early Childhood Center through the "Shoes & Coats That Fit" program.
Ninety-seven new coats, hats, mittens, and shoes were distributed to the District's youngest learners at Jefferson on December 8, 2021! The club has provided approximately 2,000 pairs of shoes and over 250 coats to students at Jefferson since the program began over 15 years ago.
Morehead Optimist Club
"Shop with a Trooper" effort gives back to local communities by giving children a shopping spree. Each child is typically given a certain amount of money to use on games or toys and clothes, and they are provided with free meals. TPR Scott Ferrell, Public Affairs Officer for KSP Post 8 in Morehead coordinates the Post 8 event each year. Covering eleven (11) counties, the Post 8 “Shop with a Trooper” program is no small undertaking and KSP relies heavily on community support to make it happen.
The Morehead Optimist Club is supporting the 2021 program with a $2,000 donation made possible through their bingo operation at Cave Run Bingo.
said Optimist Club President Bill Redwine. “Their efforts in making sure that kids have a great Christmas is of great interest to us.”
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